A state level committee meeting with all concerned departments related to People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) was held under the chairmanship of chief secretary of Nagaland, J. Alam in the Secretariat conference hall on September 15.
In a press release, Rural Development publicity team stated that during the meeting, J. Alam highlighted the ongoing Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) implemented by RD department since 2018.
CS reiterated the vision of the ministry of Panchayati Raj to make PPC a participatory process involving all line departments in the formulation, planning and implementation of Gram Panchayat Village plans.
The exercise is mainly to facilitate better coordination between departments and to avoid duplication of schemes which is of paramount importance in convergence schemes.
He also emphasised the need for all line departments to actively intervene in the formulation of plans at Village Councils, VDBs, SHGs and concerned stakeholders at village level.
The line departments were also requested to send list of schemes for incorporation in the GPDP.
Highlighting the progress of GPDP since its take off, commissioner & secretary RD, Neposo Theluo presented a PPI and said with the exemption of Panchayati Raj system in Nagaland, RD department has been designated as nodal officer to monitor the planning and progress of GPDP implementation in the state.
The house decided to hold bi-monthly review meetings with all concerned stakeholders implementing the programme and its status report to be intimidated to RD department.
It may be mentioned that People’s Plan Campaign (2002) will be rolled out as “Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas” under the ministry of Panchayati Raj, from October 2, 2022-January 31, 2023 for preparation of GPDP for the financial year 2023-24.
The meeting was attended by all line departments including Health & Family Welfare, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, PHED, Power, Agriculture, School Education, Industries & Commerce, Land Revenue, Food & Civil Supply, Fisheries & AR, Social Welfare, Works & Housing, Water Resources, Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, Labour & Employment, NRE, Art & Culture, SIRD, NIC, NSRLM and Rural Development department.
